Electronic Hookah

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to an electronic hookah, comprising a smoking rod and a control switch configured on the smoking rod. The smoking rod further has a transparent liquid reservoir and a sound playing module, the sound playing module comprises a sound storage unit pre-stored with sound files, a speaker and a central controller which brings up the pre-stored sound files from the sound storage unit and plays the sound files through the speaker according to a controlling command of the control switch. The electronic hookah has a sound playing module on its smoking rod, to make kinds of sounds to help enhance experience of simulated smoking, for example: making the sound of running water to form the feeling of smoking hookah, and making the sound of a birdcall or airflow and so on, to provide better experience of simulated smoking, and allow users to have the feeling of smoking

TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to a field of simulated smoking technology, and particularly to an electronic hookah.

DESCRIPTION OF BACKGROUND

The concept that smoking is harmful to health is gradually into people's minds, but quitting smoking is still a very difficult thing for most smokers, for this purpose, various cigarette alternatives are emerging. Electronic cigarettes, as a kind of cigarette alternatives, can simulate the smoking process, to provide a realistic smoking experience for the user, and do not contain tar, nicotine and other harmful substances, and are loved by more and more smokers. Existing electronic cigarettes mainly comprise a long rod-like smoking rod, an atomizer and an oil storage component both located in the smoking rod, and a sucking nozzle and a battery component respectively located at opposite ends of the smoking rod, and so on. The existing electronic cigarettes can atomize the smoke oil to produce fogged smoke with right taste, but cannot simulate various sound during smoking, and cannot play during smoking the sound helping to enhance simulated smoking feelings, therefore, they cannot provide the simulated smoking feeling better. Nowadays, no electronic hookah emerged to simulate the hookah yet.

SUMMARY

The technical problem the present invention can be resolved is that: to provide an electronic hookah, which can provide realistic experience of simulated smoking hookah.

To resolve the above problem, the present invention provides the following technical solution: an electronic hookah, comprises a smoking rod and a control switch configured on the smoking rod, the smoking rod is further configured with a transparent liquid reservoir and a sound playing module, the sound playing module comprises a sound storage unit pre-stored with sound files, a speaker and a central controller which brings up the pre-stored sound files from the sound storage unit and plays the sound files through the speaker according to a controlling command of the control switch.

Furthermore, the control switch is a key switch or a capacitive sensing switch.

Furthermore, the central controller and the sound storage unit are configured on a circuit board.

Furthermore, the smoking rod comprises a power rod and a sucking rod connected with the power rod, and the power rod is provided with a battery therein, the sucking rod is provided with an atomizer energized by the battery.

Furthermore, the power rod is a hollow rod, the circuit board is configured in an inner chamber of the power rod, and the control switch is configured at a sidewall of the power rod, and electronically connected to the circuit board.

Furthermore, the transparent liquid reservoir is configured is configured at an end of the power rod away from the sucking rod, and the transparent liquid reservoir is further provided with an LED light at an outer side of an end thereof near an inside of the power rod.

Furthermore, the circuit board and the speaker are respectively located at opposite ends of the battery.

Furthermore, mutually engaged first connector and second connector are provided at the connected ends of the power rod and sucking rod.

Furthermore, the first connector is constructed by sequentially nested first outer electrode ring, first insulating ring and first inner electrode ring, and the second connector is constructed by sequentially nested second outer electrode ring, second insulating ring and second inner electrode ring.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are that: the electronic hookah is provided with a sound playing module on its smoking rod, this enables the electronic hookah during using to make kinds of sounds to help enhance experience of simulated smoking, for example: making the sound of running water to form the feeling of smoking hookah, and making the sound of a birdcall or airflow and so on, to provide better experience of simulated smoking, and allow users to have the feeling of smoking. Moreover, the liquid stored in the transparent liquid reservoir refracts brilliant luster under irradiation of the light, to make it more attractive.

The embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail as follows in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic hookah in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is circuit block diagram of the electronic hookah in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic hookah in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

It should be noted that, the embodiments and the characteristics in the embodiments can be mutually combined in case of no confliction; the present invention will be described in further detail below through the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an electronic hookah provided in the present invention, comprises a smoking rod 1, and the smoking rod can be formed by connecting a power rod 2 and a sucking rod 3, correspondingly, the power rod 2 and the sucking rod 3 are respectively configured with mutually engaged first connector 20 and second connector 30 at their connected ends, and the power rod 2 and the sucking rod are connected as a whole by an engagement of the first connector 20 and the second connector 30. The first connector 20 can be constructed by sequentially nested first outer electrode ring 200, first insulating ring 202 and first inner electrode ring 204. While, the second connector 30 can be correspondingly constructed by sequentially nested second outer electrode ring 300, second insulating ring 302 and second inner electrode ring 304.

The power rod 2 is a hollow rod, and provided with a battery 21 in its inner chamber as the power supply of the electronic hookah. Additionally, the power rod 2 is further provided with a transparent liquid reservoir 24 accommodating liquid therein, specifically, the transparent liquid reservoir 24 can be disposed at an end of the power rod 2 away from the sucking rod 3. The transparent liquid reservoir 24 can be filled with various liquids in advance, for example: monochrome or multicolor liquid. Generally, the power rod 2 is further provided with an LED light 22, specifically as shown in FIG. 1, the LED light 22 is disposed at an outer side of an end of the transparent liquid reservoir 24 near an inside of the power rod 2. When using the electronic hookah, the liquid in the transparent liquid reservoir 24 would refract brilliant luster, under irradiation of the LED light 22, and is more attractive for the users. The power rod 2 is further provided with a control switch 26 used as a controlling component to start the electronic hookah. It is flexible to choose the type of the control switch 26, for example, in the embodiment as shown in FIG. 2, the control switch 26 is a key switch, and can generate a controlling command of starting the electronic hookah by simple pressing operation; while in the embodiment as shown in FIG. 3, the control switch 26 is a capacitive sensing switch, and can generate a controlling command of starting the electronic hookah by sensing the inhaling sound of simulated smoking, and the capacitive sensing switch is mounted and fixed inside of the power rod 2 by means of a bracket 260.

The power rod 2 is further provided with a sound playing module 4, and the sound playing module 4 comprises a sound storage unit 40 and a speaker 42 central controller 44. The sound storage unit 40 can be all kinds of memories commonly used in electronic products, for example: a flash memory, a read-only memory (ROM) and so on, the sound files pre-stored in the sound storage unit 40 at least comprises a file with the sound of running water, the sound storage unit 40 can also be pre-stored with files with the sound of the birds or the sound of airflow etc. which can get better simulating effect of smoking or help enhance smoking experience. The central controller 44 servers as a central controlling unit, to complete corresponding controlling operation in response to the starting command of the control switch 26. When using the electronic hookah, the control switch 26 generates the starting commands, to play the sound of running water, and thus realistically simulate the sensory experience of smoking hookah, and to bring up other pre-stored sound files from the simultaneous sound storage unit 40 and play them through the speaker 42, so as to further enhance the sensory experience.

The central controller 44 and the sound storage unit 40 are preferably configured on a circuit board 46. The circuit board 46 is configured in an inner chamber of the power rod 2, while the control switch 26 is configured at a sidewall of the power rod 2, and electronically connected to the circuit board 46. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, starting with the end of the power rod 2 away from the sucking rod 3, the power rod is orderly configured with the transparent liquid reservoir 24, the indicator 22, the speaker 42, the battery 21, the circuit board 46, the control switch 26 and the first connector 20.

The sucking rod 3 is provided with an atomizer 32, within an end thereof connected with the power rod 2, the atomizer is energized by the battery 22 in the power rod 2, and the atomizer 32 is started by the central controller 44 according to the controlling command of the control switch 26, to atomize the stored smoke oil into fogged smoke.

Though the embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, for the persons of ordinary skill in this field, various changes, modifications, replacement and variations within the principle and spirit of the present invention can be made to the embodiments, for example: the smoking rod 1 can also be an individual unitary member, instead of being constructed by the power rod 2 and the sucking rod 3, it can also achieve all functions the power rod 2 and the sucking rod 3 do. It should be understood that, the protected scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. 

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic hookah comprising a smoking rod and a control switch configured on the smoking rod, wherein the smoking rod is further configured with a transparent liquid reservoir and a sound playing module, the sound playing module comprises a sound storage unit pre-stored with sound files, a speaker and a central controller which brings up the pre-stored sound files from the sound storage unit and plays the sound files through the speaker according to a controlling command of the control switch.
 2. The electronic hookah as described in claim 1, wherein the control switch is a key switch or a capacitive sensing switch.
 3. The electronic hookah as described in claim 1, wherein the central controller and the sound storage unit are configured on a circuit board.
 4. The electronic hookah as described in claim 3, wherein the smoking rod comprises a power rod and a sucking rod connected with the power rod, and the power rod is provided with a battery therein, the sucking rod is provided with an atomizer energized by the battery.
 5. The electronic hookah as described in claim 4, wherein the power rod is a hollow rod, the circuit board is configured in an inner chamber of the power rod, and the control switch is configured at a sidewall of the power rod, and electronically connected to the circuit board.
 6. The electronic hookah as described in claim 4, wherein the transparent liquid reservoir is configured is configured at an end of the power rod away from the sucking rod, and the transparent liquid reservoir is further provided with an LED light at an outer side of an end thereof near an inside of the power rod.
 7. The electronic hookah as described in claim 4, wherein the circuit board and the speaker are respectively located at opposite ends of the battery.
 8. The electronic hookah as described in claim 4, wherein mutually engaged first connector and second connector are provided at the connected ends of the power rod and sucking rod.
 9. The electronic hookah as described in claim 8, wherein the first connector is constructed by sequentially nested first outer electrode ring, first insulating ring and first inner electrode ring, and the second connector is constructed by sequentially nested second outer electrode ring, second insulating ring and second inner electrode ring. 